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OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Storage Solutions

OWC Mercury Elite Pro™ Storage Solutions

Sleek, Fast, & Fully Plug and Play Professional Performance Storage Solution PRO TOOLS Tested and Certified OS X 10.7 Lion Compatible The Ultimate Solution for any Data Storage Need!
All Mercury Elite Pro models are ideally configured for Audio, Video, Digital Photography, Professional Music, Graphics, General Data and Back-Up applications, and are Prosoft Engineering Data Backup Certified for Mac or NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows.
Compatible with:
Mac OS 8.5–9.2.2 | Mac OS X 10.0.3 and later | Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
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Mercury Elite-AL Pro FW 800/400+USB 2.0+eSATA Back View Mercury Elite-AL Pro FW 400+USB 2.0 Back View
eSATA + FW 800 + FW 400 + USB 2.0 FW 400 + USB 2.0
Mercury Elite Pro, the professional grade storage solution.
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OWC Mercury Elite Pro Storage Solutions
FireWire 800 + FireWire 400 + USB2, + eSATA 'Quad Interface' FireWire 400
+ USB 2.0
Capacity Hard Drive Speed Cache Price Price
160GB 7200RPM 8MB $97.99 $79.00
250GB 7200RPM 8MB N/A N/A
500GB 7200RPM 16MB $149.99 $129.99
1.0TB 7200RPM 32MB $194.99 $169.99
2.0TB 5900RPM 64MB $219.99 $189.99
2.0TB 7200RPM 64MB $259.99 $219.99
3.0TB 5400RPM 32MB $309.99 $289.99
3.0TB 7200RPM 64MB $319.99 $294.99
4.0TB 5400RPM 32MB $469.99 $429.99
Key Features Include:    
  • Cool Blue activity indicator LED
  • Super quiet operation
  • Rugged, machined aluminum enclosure
  • Ideally configured for audio, video, and data backup applications
  • Ultra-protective Shock Isolation System
  • U.S. / International 100 ~ 240v Auto Switching Power Supply
  • Data transfer rates over 300MB/s
  • Up to 64MB Data Buffer
  • Feature High-Performance Oxford 9XX Chipset
  • Three Year Solution Warranty
  • Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™ OEM (For Mac OS 8.6 - X only)
  • Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
  • NovaStor NovaBACKUP® for Windows® 2000 or later
  • Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) from Bombich Software
  • View detailed software info
Mercury Elite-AL Pro 800 Mirror RAID

Mercury Elite Pro
800 MIRROR RAID

500GB to 2.0TB RAID 1 Mirrored
Redundant Solutions
from
$349.99

Mercury Elite Pro
FW800/400+USB2 FW800/400

FireWire 800/400, USB 2, eSATA
1.0TB to 6.0TB RAID 0 Striped
Performance Solutions
from
$249.99

Mercury Elite Pro
800 RAID 0+1 FW800/400

1.0TB to 4.0TB RAID 0+1 Striped
Redundant Mirrored Solutions
from
$629.99

OWC Mercury Elite Pro Reviews & Awards
CPU Review 4.5 of 5
 
System Requirements:

Macintosh® Requirements:
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2 and an available USB 1.1 or FireWire 400 port.
Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later including ‘Lion’ 10.7.x and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire
800/400 port, or eSATA port.

Windows® Requirements:
Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 2.0/1.1 port.
Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, FireWire
800/400, or eSATA port.

Linux Requirements:
Linux compatible via supported USB and FireWire interfaces.
 
 
Models include:
Prosoft
Macworld 4.5 mice
Prosoft Engineering® Data Backup 3 for Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later
Backup Made Easy. Data Backup makes it easy to backup to FireWire and USB drives, network drives, CDs and even DVDs. Make schedules so you don't need to 'think' about backing up... It does it for you. A $59.00 Value! View detailed software info, or click here to purchase software separately from solution

Carbon Copy Cloner© for Mac OS X 10.4 or later
CCC 3 features an interface designed to make the cloning and backup procedure very intuitive. In addition to general backup, CCC can also clone one hard drive to another, copying every single block or file to create an exact replica of your source hard drive. CCC's block-level copy offers the absolute best fidelity in the industry! View detailed software info

Novastor NovaStor NovaBACKUP® Solution for Windows®
NovaBACKUP has been helping millions of users recover from data loss and disasters for over 18 years. Feature rich, NovaBACKUP provides a powerful backup solution. Built-in support for hundreds of the most popular storage devices and a step-by-step backup and restore wizard makes NovaBACKUP extremely easy to use. Requires Windows 2000 or later. A $49.95 Value! View detailed software info

Intech SpeedTools Utilities Intech® SpeedTools Utilities™
Intech SpeedTools consists of a suite of utilities managed by an application which controls the launching, documentation and version control of each individual component utility, such as Disk Defrag and QuickBack. An easy-to-use installation and removal application is provided to make installation a snap, yet powerful enough to allow you to customize which utility component set you would like to create. An $89.95 Value! View detailed software info, or click here to purchase software separately from solution
 
Mercury Elite AL Pro 0GB
Mercury Elite Pro 0GB 'Add your own HD' Kit without Software
0GB FireWire 400 + USB 2.0 Combo
Oxford934 - uses SATA 3.5" HDs:
$36.99
0GB Quad eSATA FireWire 800/400 + USB 2.0 Oxford 944SE High-Performance Chipset
- uses SATA 3.5" HDs:
from: $79.00
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7200RPM Hard Drives only
OWC recommends FW800 & eSATA interfaces.
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